14th December 2018 | News
Known as the “Stansted 15”, the group of people who took non-violent direct action at Stansted airport in March 2017 to prevent the deportation of 60 people on a charter flight bound for Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leon have been found guilty of terrorism under the 1990...
10th December 2018 | News
The European Parliament’s draft report on the Rights and Values Instrument is scheduled to be voted on in the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) committee on Monday December 10. The Rights and Values Instrument is a funding programme intended to support...
30th November 2018 | News
Despite harsher approaches to refugees and migrants in Europe there is an almost universal view that children should be exempt from restrictive measures, even among those who are hostile towards migration in general. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)...
30th November 2018 | News
ECRE has published its comments on the European Commission’s proposal for a recast Return Directive. The Commission has billed its proposal of September 12, 2018 as a ‘targeted review’, however, its impact could be far-reaching, leading to increased detention,...
30th November 2018 | News
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has confirmed the continuation of Germany’s moratorium on deporting Syrian refugees, based on the evidence that Syria is still not a safe or secure country. Seehofer has ruled out the option of deporting refugees and asylum...
